A cross-country survey of European journalists reveal most of them find current self-regulating measures only moderately effective, writes Susanne Fengler, of TU Dortmund University. The results come from a twelve-country … Continued

The ways how Israeli press has written about the country’s national soccer team has changed over the years. These changes are largely the result of changes in Israeli national identity … Continued

A conference by European Communication Research and Education Association (ECREA) on political communication is awaiting proposals. The overarching theme of the conference is “Changing political communication, changing Europe?”. The event … Continued

A conference on British and Irish journalism between 1800 and 1900 is accepting paper proposals. The event, titled “Communities of Communication II: Newspapers and Periodicals in Britain and Ireland from … Continued

Spanish mainstream press will write extensively of their political opponents’ scandals, but lay low when their allies come under fire, write Frank Baumgartner, of University of North Carolina at Chapel … Continued

The peruse of large databases lends itself well to collaboration between journalists, and even the public, writes Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) fellow Alexandre Léchenet. He is … Continued

International Media Management Academic Association’s (IMMAA) annual conference is now open for paper proposals. The submission system is open between February the 10th and the deadline is set for May … Continued

The king of England, Charles Stuart (Charles II, 1630-1685), was depicted in different ways during his exile (or Interregnum) by early British press, writes Benjamin Woodford, of University of Waterloo. … Continued

Three of the most prominent German newspaper were all taken in by a mythical narrative surrounding the political shooting star, Karl-Theodor zu Guttenberg. Stine Eckert, of Wayne State University, took … Continued

Despite the common misconception, the line between journalists and authors was not as clear-cut durin belle époque France, writes Marieke Dubbelboer, of University of Bristol. The author uses the career … Continued

This year’s NordMedia conference, to be held in Copenhagen in late summer, is looking for submissions. The event, titled “Media Presence – Mobile Modernities” has a total of eleven divisions … Continued

New information on German data journalism has been put to the books. Stefan Weinacht, of Westphalian University of Applied Sciences, and Ralf Spiller, of Macromedia University of Applied Sciences conducted … Continued

Majority of journalists are committed to developing paid digital content, while most of the public is unwilling to pay for it, write Txema Ramirez de la Piscina, Beatriz Zabalondo, Alazne … Continued

Twitter messages, or tweets, make extensive use of mainstream media’s news pieces, while the opposite hardly happens, write Tony McEnery, Mark McGlashan and Robbie Love, all of Lancaster University. They … Continued

The introduction of networked media helped the rise of racist prejudice in Finnish public paradigm, Kaarina Horsti, of University of Jyväskylä writes. She gives the splintering of Finnish media landscape … Continued

Very few sources have remained of the earliest Irish journalists associations, writes Mark O’Brien, of Dublin City University. He has composed an overview of the history of journalistic professionalization in … Continued

The concept of storytelling and its value to journalism has been under debate for some time, yet the discussion has made little to no progress, write Tim Groot Kormelink and … Continued

Newspapers describe different subgroups of men in different terms, note Paul Baker, of Lancaster University, and Erez Levon, of Queen Mary University of London. They used a two-pronged research method … Continued

Different British newspapers approached the case of whistleblower Edward Snowden in very different ways, Jens Branum and Jonathan Charteris-Black, both of University of West of England, confirm. They conducted a … Continued

British propaganda efforts during the Second World War were able to heighten the French opinion of the United Kingdom, writes Kay Chadwick, of University of Liverpool. BBC’s French Service broadcast … Continued

The conference titled “Re-Inventing Journalism” will start off on Thursday in Winterthur, Switzerland. There’s also a get-together on Wednesday evening, but it features no academic content apart from its attendees. … Continued

The percentage of UK journalists stating they can’t do their job without social media has increased from last year, a recent survey reveals. At the same time, however, the number … Continued

A new issue of the International Journal of Communication is out. The journal is published only once a year, and thus each issue makes for a voluminous read. Here’s a … Continued

A new issue of the journal Journalism and Discourse Studies is out. It’s published biannually by the University of Newcastle. As the journal’s title suggests, its current issue features several … Continued

High ranking German journalists frequently mingle with the political and economic elite. Friendly connections offer access to top notch sources, but reflect as agreeably framed stories, writes Uwe Krüger, of … Continued

The Journal of International Press/Politics will start arranging conferences. The first annual conference will be hosted by the Reuters Institute for the Study of Journalism (RISJ) at the University of … Continued

A symposium on gender in media is now accepting paper proposals. The event itself will be held in Tarragona, Spain, on the 16th and 17th of October. It is organized … Continued

Politically right-leaning United Kingdom newspapers feature more opinions skeptical to climate change than left-leaning papers, write James Painter, of University of Oxford, and Neil T. Gavin, of University of Liverpool. … Continued

The deadline for a conference on Capitalism, Culture and Media has been extended. The due date for submissions has been postponed by one week, from February the 2nd to the … Continued

English language elite press paints a consistently negative picture of the European Union’s future, write Mai’a Davis Cross, of Northwestern University, and Xinru Ma, of University of Southern California. They … Continued